Persistency's Promise

When you know slang words in other dialects of English, some things are unintentionally funny. [Source]

In November 2021, I refinanced the mortgage on our Hawaii house. We locked in a 1.99% interest rate on the remaining principal (~$590k) for ...

I think of the word "Exodus" as pretty special -- something you only see in the Bible. But to Greeks, it's completely ordin...

Today my kids participated in an event I thought would come much later in life: their first funeral for a peer. Ian Andrew Gilliam commit...

This is my mom's dog, Canyon. Canyon was a "COVID dog," which is a term I just learned. His previous owner got him during t...

You cannot buy a carrot in Mineral Point, WI. They're not illegal; folks there like them just fine. The problem is that -- since the...

Situated as it is on a series of hot springs, Wiesbaden's rain drainage system literally steams in cool weather. Some joker (not me)...